Did you also control all of your child’s friends?
“Did you also control all of your child’s friends?”
No, but I was there when they were around. When the neighbor kid showed up (regularly) with cans of soda pop and bags of candy, I said “no.” I also said “no” to lots of other activities they came up with. I was apparently the only parent in the neighborhood actually being a parent to their child, well, at least I was the only one that didn’t work and was home.